Bedstead-fastening.



No. 647,52I. A Patented Apr. I7, |900.

` A. D. RAPE.

-BEDSTEAD FASTENING.

(Application led Jan. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

NITnD STATES PATENT rrrcn.

AGUSTUS D. BAPE, OF QUITMAN, TEXAS.

BEDSTEAD-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 647,521, dated April17', 1900.

Application tiled January 19, 1900. Serial No. 2,036. (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cera.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS D. RAPE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Quitman,in the county of Wood and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Bedstead- Fastening, of which the following isa specification.

Thisinven tion relates to means for connecting the side rails ofbedsteads to the legs thereof, and has for its object to provide animproved detachable connection of this character which will facilitatethe assembling of the parts and which will effectually preventaccidental separation or loosening thereof, while permitting of theparts being conveniently detached for taking the bedstead apart or forany other purpose.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shownin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims, it being understood that changes in the form,proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of theappended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyofthe advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a portion of abedstead-leg having one Vof the side rails connected thereto by means ofthe present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional viewtaken through the side rail and showin g the interlocking engagement ofthe members of the present device. Fig. 3 is a sectional view takenlongitudinally through the side rail. Figs. 4 and 5 are detailperspective views of the respective plates or members comprising thepresent device. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal transverse sectional view taken onthe line a; a: of Fig. 2.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings aredesignated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a portion of anordinary bedstead-V leg, and 2 the contiguous end of one of the siderails. These parts may be of any common or preferred type and are shownto more fully illustrate the application and operation of the presentinvention.

stantially the same size and disposed at substantially right angles toeach other. The wing 5 is applied to the inner'side of the bedstead-leg,so as to dispose the other wing G inwardly from the inner side of theleg, and is provided with openings 7 for the reception of suitablescrew-fastenings 8, whereby the plate may be firmly secured to the leg.The wing 6 is provided with a substantially-rectangular opening 9, whichis located midway between the front and rear edges of the wing andadjacent to the upper edge thereof, and the latter is provided with avertical notch or socket 10, located contiguous to the outer face of thewing 5. Projecting laterally outward in a direction opposite to that ofthe wing 5 and from a point intermediate of the front and rear ends ofthe lower edge of the wing 6 is an arm or extension 11, and projectingfrom the outer end of the latter rearwardly or toward the wing 5 is astrap 12, the rear end of which overlaps the outer side of the leg 1 andis secured thereto by means of a suitable fastening 13, passing throughan opening 14,

formed in the rear end of said strap. It will thus be apparent that theangular plate 3 is connected to adjacent sides of the bedsteadleg, so asto dispose the wing 6 intermediate of the inner and outer sides of theleg, and that said wing is eifectually braced by means of the strap 12and the lateral arm 11.

By reference to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the rail-plate 4 issubstantially flat, having a central tongue 15 struck therefrom and bentor offset laterally upon the outer side of the plate. This tongue isconnected at its upper end to the plate and has its lower end entirelyfree therefrom. Grouped about the tongue is a plurality of openings 16for the reception of screw-fastenings 17, whereby the plate may besecured to the inner side of the rail. general shape of the plate 4 isrectangular,

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and extending forward from the inner straight edge thereof is a hook 18,which is located at the upper end of said inner edge and also flush withthe upper edge of the plate. Furthermore, this hook is located upon theouter side of the plate, as is also the tongue 15. Extending outwardlyfrom the lower edge of the plate and opposite the tongue 15 is a ange19, adapted for connection with the lower side of the rail 2, and at theinner end of this flange is a pendent lug or shoulder 20.

To connect the side rail of the bedstead to one of the legs thereof, theattaching-plates having been secured in place, as hereinbeforedescribed, the adjacent end of the rail is placed upon the seat formedby the lateral arm 11 of the angular plate, said rail being originallyinclined outward, so as to permit of the tongue 15 passing the upperedge of the Wing 6, after which the rail is again brought into anupright position and depressed until firmly seated upon the arm 1l,thereby engagingl the end of the tongue 15 through the opening 9 in thewing 6 and against the outer face of the latter at a point below theopening. The hook 18 is also seated in the notch or socket in the upperedge ofthe wing 6, and the lug or shoulder 2O is received between therear side of the arm 1l and the adjacent side of the bedstead-leg, asbest shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Thus it will be seen that the siderail 2 is firmly supported `upon the transverse arm 11, and the tongue15, the hook 18, and the lug or shoulder 2O prevent the plates frombeing separated laterally in opposite directions, while the rail is freeto be elevated for the purpose of disconnecting the plates. It has notbeen deemed necessary or desirable to guard against accidental upwardmovement of the rail, as the weight of the latter is sufficient toprevent such movement, and by dispensing with stops for preventingupward movement of the rail the assembling and separation of the platesare greatly facilitated. To disconnect the plates, it is simplynecessary to elevate the rail 2, thereby lifting the hook 18 out ofengagement with the notch 10 and the lug or shoulder 2O out ofengagement with the lateral arm 11, after which the rail is tiltedoutward, so as to draw the tongue 15 through the opening 9, and theplates are thereby disconnected and the rail may be removed from thebedstead.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fastening device for bedsteads, comprising a plate for attachmentto the bedsteadleg, and provided with alaterally-projecting seat for thesupport of the side rail, and a rearwardly-projectin g strap forattachment to the bedstead-leg, and a plate for attachment to the siderail, and having a detachable lateralinterlocking engagement with theformer plate, substantially as described.

2. A fastening device for bedsteads, coniprising an angular plate forattachment to the inner side of the bedstead-leg, one of the sides ofthe plate having a laterally-projecting arm extending from the loweredge thereof and forming a seat for the side rail, and a strap extendingrearwardly from the outer end of the arm and designed for attachment tothe outer side of the bedstead-leg, and a plate for attachment to theinner side of the rail, having a detachable lateral interlockingengagement with the leg-plate, substantially as described.

3. A fastening device for bedsteads, comprising a plate for attachmentto the inner side of the bedstead-leg, and provided with alaterally-proj ectin g seat located in advance of the inner edge of theplate, and a plate for attachment to the side rail, having a pendent lugor shoulder for engagement with the rear edge of the laterallyprojectingseat, and also having a detachable lateral interlocking en; gagementwith the leg-plate, substantially as described.

4E. A fastening device for bedsteads, co1nprising a plate for attachmentat substantially right angles to the inner side of the bedsteadleg, andprovided with a notch or socket located in the inner edge of the plate,and also a laterally-projecting seat, and a plate for attach ment to theside rail provided with a hook for engagement with the notch in thelegplate, said rail-plate having a detachable lateral interlockingengagement with leg-plate, substantially as described.

5. A fastening device for bedsteads, comprising an angular plate, one ofthe sides of which is designed for application to the inner side of thebedstead-leg, the other side being provided with an opening, and a notchlocated in the upper edge and at the inner end of the side, a lateralarm projecting from the lower edge of the. latter side of the plate andopposite the former side thereof, and a rearwardly-extending strapprovided at the outer end of the arm and designed for attachment to theouter side of the bedstead-leg, and a plate for attachment to the innerside of the side rail of the bedstead, and provided with a laterallyoffset tongue for engagement through the opening in the leg-plate, alaterally-offset hook for engagement with the notch in said plate, and apendent lug or shoulder'for engagement with the rear edge of the latterarm, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS D. BAPE.

Witnesses:

T. J. GOODWIN, LEE RALEY.

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